Hans von Gronau

Hans von Gronau (6 December 1850-22 February 1940) was an Imperial German Army General of Artillery during World War I.

Biography
Hans von Gronau was born in Alt Schadow, Prussia on 6 December 1850, and he joined the Prussian Army in 1869 and served in the Franco-Prussian War. He rose in the ranks of the Imperial German Army and retired before the start of World War I, only to be recalled to lead the IV Reserve Corps as part of the German 1st Army. His attack on the French army initiated the Second Battle of the Marne in September 1914, and, in September 1915, he was given command of the XXXXI Reserve Corps. It served in Poland throughout its existence, and it was dissolved on 27 March 1918. Gronau retired a year later and died in 1940.